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Time-of-arrival distribution for arbitrary potentials and Wigner's time-energy uncertainty relation

Quantum Physics 2008-12-18 v2

Abstract

A realization of the concept of "crossing state" invoked, but not implemented, by Wigner, allows to advance in two important aspects of the time of arrival in quantum mechanics: (i) For free motion, we find that the limitations described by Aharonov et al. in Phys. Rev. A 57, 4130 (1998) for the time-of-arrival uncertainty at low energies for certain mesurement models are in fact already present in the intrinsic time-of-arrival distribution of Kijowski; (ii) We have also found a covariant generalization of this distribution for arbitrary potentials and positions.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9904055,
  title  = {Time-of-arrival distribution for arbitrary potentials and Wigner's time-energy uncertainty relation},
  author = {A. D Baute and R. Sala Mayato and J. P. Palao and J. G. Muga and I. L. Egusquiza},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9904055},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages, revtex, 2 eps figures included